Ohmygoodness. I am so excited to share this project! I have had this idea floating in my head for months and now I get to share the results. The concept of painted chevron first came to mind after reading Kelly + Olive’s post about DIY Chevron. I followed their instructions and used the pattern linked to their post.

First, I printed out the stencil three times to get the right length for my canvases. I carefully trimmed the paper to include just the zig-zag and then taped them together to get the correct width.

Do these canvases look familiar? I decided I can always recreate the string art look on new canvases, and in the meantime save some $$ by reusing the two I already had.

To transfer the zig-zag pattern from the paper stencil to the canvas, I used a thumb tack to mark each of the points on the zig zags. I did this for both stripes on the stencil and then used blue painters tape to fill in where the white zig-zag was on the stencil. The thumb tack prints helped me know where to start and stop the tape.

I found lining up a whole bunch of tape makes the process quicker.

Once canvas was complete with the zig-zag, I taped the sides as well to keep them white. I also used a credit card to smooth down all the lines and make sure there wouldn’t be any paint leaking into the stripe pattern.

A few people have mentioned they have had trouble with the paint not seeping into the tape. As I mentioned, I used a credit card to smooth down the lines pretty well before painting. Also, my paint was pretty thick, not runny, so it didn’t seep through very much. Of course there is a bit of bleed on mine, but not too noticeable from far away. I hope you find a method that works for you!

After that, I just needed to paint the canvases with a solid coat of paint. It didn’t take nearly as much paint as I thought it would. I got all three canvases painted with one tube of paint, and I still have paint left over. The canvases needed about 20 minutes to dry and then I removed the painters tape.

I love how the metallic bronze paint shines against the solid white stripe.

Voila! The finished product. Courtney and Lauren came over and helped me hang the art - with thumb tacks! Who knew.

on a separate note, where is the gorgeous table from? i’ve been looking high & low for a white marble top dining table.

http://www.makeundermylife.com Jess

Briana, I got the table from a thrift store in Chicago – I truly lucked out!

Stephanie

Love it! Definitely doing this soon, and i’m also going to begin blog-stalking you But hey…. where can I find the Stencils? I went to Kelly and Olive and couldn’t quite find my way around the site. A little help?

http://www.makeundermylife.com Jess

Hi Stephanie! I just updated the link to go directly to the stencil : )

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Beautiful! Thats a lot of blue painters tape, but sometimes thats exactly what it takes. Well that and a lot of persistence

maybe i am just very creatively challenged but i am having a hard time lining up the tape using your pin method. i actually had to pencil in the pattern from the stencil and this is extremely time consuming. is there an easier way to this or am i missing something?

Jess

Hi Betty, Thank you so much for your comment! I actually don’t have any secret to the pin method. I just pushed them in and then looked for the overall pattern in the dots and connected them with the tape. I’m sorry I don’t have an alternative method!

Love the paintings! I actually just did one and wanted to ask… How did you get your lines so clean? I had a bunch of bleed through. Also you mentioed your paint was in a tube, maybe I grabbed the wrong kind. Mine was a little bottle from Michaels. Any help is appreciated! Thanks for sharing!

My friend and I tried this and THE LINES DID NOT COME OUT CLEAN! We used the “painters tape” and Acrylic paint as told. The only thing we may have done differently is overlap the tape…
Please tell me what went wrong?????

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